Man arrested for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl, police said

A registered sex offender with a notorious history has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl, police said.

James Moore, 35, has been charged with rape of a child. Moore, who has already served time on rape charges, is being held on $500,000 bond.

According to police, this latest incident began last November, when a mother called police to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. She told officers that she walked into a room and saw Moore and the child quickly sit up, while the girl wiped her mouth with her hand. The child then told her mother that Moore often put his "pee pee" into her mouth. Medical personnel took a rape kit on the child. Moore refused to give his DNA, but officers got a search warrant and compelled it. The DNA sample was sent to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's crime lab. In July, the report showed that the child's DNA was found on the victim's penis.

Based on police and court records, Moore has been repeatedly arrested for similar offenses.

In 2001 in Junction City, Kansas, Moore was convicted of "indecent liberties with a child," which meant he must register in Tennessee as a sex offender.

On Dec. 13, 2005, Moore raped a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in Memphis. She identified him to police in part because of the words "Hard Times" tattooed across his chest. In February 2006, he was arrested on a Kansas warrant for violations of the sex-offender registry.

In 2006, Moore was convicted and sentenced to prison, but was later paroled. After the rape complaint last November, authorities arrested Moore for failing to report that he was living in a home with numerous children, another violation of the sex-offender registry. He also tested positive for marijuana, another violation.